Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 5:13

"And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway the leprosy departed from him." — Luke 5:13 (ASV)

And he put forth his hand, and touched him,

This was a wonderful instance of condescending love on the part of the Lord Jesus; and touching the leper did not defile him. On the contrary, Christ removed the defilement from the leper: He touched him,

And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

This is just what Christ can also do in the spiritual realm. If a man is full of sin, let him only fall down on his face before Jesus and say, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean," and the Lord will put out his hand, and touch him, and he will be clean in a moment. Immediately not needing the lapse of a single hour, – immediately the leprosy departed from him.

Saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

Ask him to touch you also, poor leprous soul; you who are full of sin, you who are deeply conscious that the deadly disease of sin is upon you incurably. Ask him only to touch you, for the touch of his finger will make you clean in a moment. Christ's cures are often instantaneous. He, who could speak a world into being with a word, can also speak a man into perfect spiritual sanity with a word.

Saying, I will: be thou clean.

It was the will of Christ that worked the miracle, that secret movement of the heart of Christ, that silent omnipotent going forth of divine energy that accomplished the leper's cure.

And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

Christ can heal sin in the same way that he cured this leper. If he touches the worst man in this place, he can make sin to depart from him the moment he touches him. It does not require years in order to perfect the work of salvation; it can be done in a moment. Such is the wonderworking power of Christ: immediately the leprosy departed from him.